Adjustable cattle-stall



S. L. HANSON. ADJUSTABLE CATTLE STALL. APPLICATION FILED OCT-28. 1918..

1,327,386 Patented Jan. 6,1920.

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. WITNESSES SAMUEL L. HANSON, 0F ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA.

ADJUSTABLE CATTLE-STALL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 28, 1918. Seria1 1 1'o. 2 6o,013.

To all whom it m (43 concern:

lie it known that I, SAMUEL L. Hanson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albert Lea, in the county of Freeborn and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Cattle-Stall, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to cattle stalls, and its object is to provide a stall striu-ture of simple and cheap construction which at the same time is particularly effieient. and is intended for use in connection with stanchions.

In accordance with the invention, the

stalls are provided at their forward ends with frames designed to receive and support stanchions, said frames being ordinarily onepiece structures, each separate from the other and erected on a suitable foundation, while the stalls are divided one from the other by partition bars anchored at their rear ends and at their forward ends each connected to two adjacent stanchion supporting frames.

The partition bars stop short of the stanchion frames and connecting devices are provided for joining each partition bar to the adjacent portions of two stanchio'n frames, the connecting devices being so arranged that they may be utilized for stalls of different widths.

The structure is of a character permitting it to be made of piping or rods, and fittings, all of which simplify the construction and facilitate the erection and the repair of the stalls.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration ofthe following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of.

this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as ex pressed in the appended claims.

in the drawing: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of stanchion supporting frames with partition bars and connecting means from said bars to the stanchion frames.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 but drawn on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of F Fig. 4 is a section on the line l-4 of Fig. 3. Referring to the drawing, there is shown 111 Fig. 1 a curb 1 located between an alleyway 2 and the floor 3 of the stall space.

atented Jan. 6, 1920.

Elected at suitable intervals on thecurb l are stanchion frames 4 which may be most conveniently made of metal pipe bent into U-shape with the yoke or band 5 of the U uppermost and relatively level. The stanchion frames are shown as arranged in one upright lane. I

Each 'rame l: determines the head end of the stall and the uprights of the adjacent frames are spaced apart a short distance. The purpose of the stanchion frames is to hold stanchions, but as the invention is not directed to either the construction of the stanchions or the manner of securing them to the frames, a showing of the stanchions is omitted from the drawing. Erected on the floor 3 at a suitable distance back of the curb 1 are bars 6 rising at the rear directly upward from thefloor and then bent toward the space between two contiguous frames 1 and again rising as they approach the frai'nes. The partition bars 6 are each in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the stanchion frames and to the plane of the floor.

There is a partition bar 6 between each two adjacent stalls but as the bars are all alike there is but one complete partition bar shown in the drawing. That end of the partition bar adjacent to the frames 4 stops short of the frames and is joined to the frame uprights by a connecting structure capable of certain adjustments. 7

The connecting structure includes a clamp or coupling structure? comprising two optwo arms 12 and construction.

13 of web and flange construction for lightness and strength, although capable of other These two arms are curved lengthwise and terminate in flat ears 14 and respectively, the ear 14 being shaped to,

engage flatwise against the basic portion 9 of the clamp 7 and the ear 15 is shaped-to accommodate the nut of thebolt '17, as well v as a tool (not shown) for removing said nut.

Those ends of the arms 12 and 13 remote from the ears 14 and-15 each terminate in a clamp member 19 formed as part of the arm,

and the corresponding end ofthe arm is' recessed and shouldered to receive a matching clamp member 20 to embrace a corresponding upright 4 of. a stanchion frame. A bolt 21' traversing the clamping end of the arm 12 or 13, asthe case may be, and also the separate clamp member 20 serve to hold the arm 12 or, 13, as the case may be, in firm gripping relation to the upright of the frame 4'to which it is applied. The clamp members 19 and 20 and the bolt 21 constitute a 7 coupling individual to the framesand' also to the separate connecting members 12 and 13.

With the bolt 11 loosened the clamp 7 is readily applied to the end of the bar 6 toward the stanchion frames and lmay be secured in any desired position of adjustment by tightening the bolt 11. The arms 12 and 13 are made'fast to theclamp 8 by the bolt 17 and the arms may bespread or approached with relation to each other and finally clamped in the desired position by tightening the bolt 17. The arms 12 and 13 are madefast to the sidebars of the stanchion frames 4 by means of the clamp memhere 19 and 20 and bolts 21. v The connecting'members may be all applied and temporarily tightened to a partial extent before the final adjustments'are completed and when the desired adjustment of the parts is accomplished the bolts are drawn up tight, whereupon, the stalls will hold their adjustment indefinitely.

The arms 12 and 13, because of the capability of approachor spread thereof, will readily accommodatetwo stanchion frames 4 spaced various distances apart and such spacing is further accommodated by the adjustability of the clamp 8 lengthwise of the bar 6. The clamps at the ends of the'arms l2 and 13 may be raised or lowered on the uprights of the frames 4, thus further facilitating theproper placing of the partition bars with relation to the stanchion frames in order to complete the stalls.

The structure is capable of manufacture and assembly from stock. materials in most part. The partition bars and stanchion frames may be made from commercial piping or commercial bars of stock sizes readily bent into the desired shapes. The clamp 7 and arms 12 and 13 together with the clamp members 20 are the only special. fittings needed. All the bolts may be of stock sizes.

The entire stall structure is of a character permitting it to be manufactured at a minimum cost and to be assembled at small expense for labor, while at the same time the stall structure is particularly eflicient and resistant to the. action of cattle as Well as possessing high sanitary qualities.

Anarrow space or a wlde space between the stanchion frame may be accommodated by identically the same structure, the conproject their heads through the stanchions instead of attempting to put their heads through some other parts of the forward ends of the stalls.

What is claimed is 1-. In cattle stall construction embodying stanchion supporting frames spaced widthwise 0f the stalls, a partition bar for dividing one stall from another and approaching but stopping short of the plane of the frames, and means for connecting the bar to adjacent stanchion supporting frames, comprising couplings individual to the frames, separate connecting members, one for each coupling, and a coupling structure common to the connecting members and to the partition bar with the combined length of the connecting members greater than the sp aci'ng'of the supporting frames.

2. In cattle stall construction spaced stanchion supporting frames, a partition bar for dividing one stall from another, and connections from the partition bar to the adjacent sides of the neighboring frames which connections gradually diverge from the forward end of the partition bar to the respective frames.

3. In cattle stall construction, separate spaced inverted U-shaped stanchion support ing frames, and partition bars constituting the sides of the stalls and having connections to the adjacent sides of neighboring frames, said connections being pivotally mounted on the partition bars and gradually diverging from each partition bar to the frames to which they are connected.

4. In cattle stall construction embodying spaced stanchion supporting frames with advlding embodying short of the frames, and diverging connecting members both connected to the partition bar and each connected to a respective one of the upright side members oftwo adjacent frames. 1

5. In cattle stall construction embodying spaced stanchion supporting frames with adjacent upright sides, a partition bar for dividing one stall from another and stopping short of the frames, and diverging connecting members both connected to the partition bar and each connected to a respective one of the upright side members of two adjacent frames, said connecting members being adjustable as to the spread of the ends connected to the frames, for different spacing-of the frames, the divergence of said members guiding the heads of the animals into the stanchions as the animals move forward into the stalls.

6. In cattle stall construction embodying spaced stanchion supporting frames arranged in one plane, a partition bar arranged in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the frames and intermediate of two adjacent frames, and diverging memberscommon to the bar and individual to the frames and adjustable as to height and spread with respect to the partition bar and frames. the combined length of the connecting members bemg supporting frames from each other.

7. In stall construction. spaced adjacent u-shaped frames constituting the stanchion supporting ends of the stalls, and division means between the stalls each comprising a partition bar rising toward the frames in a plane substantially perpendicular tothe plane of the frames, and connections between the division bar and the adjacent sides of the neighboring frames, comprising a clamp member for application to the end of the division bar toward the frames, curved arms greater than the spacing of two adjacent pivotally connected together and to the clamp member, and coupling devices for connecting the arms to the adjacent upright members of the U-shaped frames.

8. In cattle stall construction, inverted U-' I shaped frames constituting the head ends of the stalls, partition bars constituting divisions between the stalls, and connections'between each partition bar and the adjacent side members of neighboring frames, comprisingcurved arms each with an ear at one end overlapping the corresponding ear of the other arm, and at the other end provided with clamping means for engaging the adjacent uprights of the U-shaped frames,-and a clamp structure for engaging the division bar and pivotally connected to the overlapping ears of the arms, said arms being of web and flange construction and one arm having the earat the end thereof provided with a recess to house the end portion of a bolt serving as the pivot connection between I the ears. I

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

SAMUEL L. HANSON. Witnesses:

ALFRED CHRISTOPHERSON,

C. O. VAUGEN. 

